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Hardcover. After the Chinese detonated their first nuclear test in 1964, America and India were both concerned. The CIA knew it needed to gather more information, but had few ways of achieving this. This text chronicles the effort to plant a sensing device on a Himalayan peak in order to listen in on China. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH; JWMN; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612239
ISBN
9780700612239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.05

Paperback. From the award-winning historian and biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky, a break-out book about the early years of Soviet Russia Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Pan
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330517287
ISBN
9780330517287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Time after time during the Vietnam War, the United States sent Vietnamese spies and commandos behind enemy lines only to have them killed, captured or compromised into reporting back false information. This is a sobering account of the disastrous secret programme. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, 25 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611478
ISBN
9780700611478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Paperback. As the first studio film to deal directly with the enormity of the Holocaust, "Schindler's List" attempts to provide the popular imagination with a narrative about the Holocaust. This work discusses a variety of issues including the representation of history by cinema and popular culture, and the right to dramatize the 'unrepresentable'. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
, 2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210982
ISBN
9780253210982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 black and white photographs, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFC; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 281 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040023
ISBN
9780252040023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 black and white photographs, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFC; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081514
ISBN
9780252081514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 310 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. A Memoir. 310 pages, illustrations. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition, 15th Anniversary Edition with a New
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276024
ISBN
9780520276024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896582
ISBN
9781861896582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.34

paperback. Editor(s): Pearson, M. N. Series: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138274075
ISBN
9781138274075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 144 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489549
ISBN
9780801489549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700774
ISBN
9781501700774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.08

Paperback. Offers the secrets of the Spetsnaz, their missions and personalities. This book is also packed with details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational doctrine. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807229
ISBN
9781472807229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that benefitted other classes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226607429
ISBN
9780226607429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AMK; AMX; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
TouchWood Editions Canada
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927129272
ISBN
9781927129272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.25

Hardback. A collection of twelve articles that explore various events in the history of witch-hunting and its demonization of women in American and American women's own use of witchcraft as a source of identity and strength, as well as the complicated relationship between the two. Editor(s): Reis, Elizabeth. Series: The Worlds of Women Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRQX9; JFSJ1; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842025768
ISBN
9780842025768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300226416
ISBN
9780300226416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBT; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694353
ISBN
9781894694353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.45

Hardback. 'His speeches show a vision of a better world for all, a vision to which he is deeply committed' NELSON MANDELA Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747588375
ISBN
9780747588375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.20

Hardback. 68pp. Original boards, spine sunned and bumped. Title gilted on cover reads 'Irish Questions in Parliament'. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
E. Ponsonby
Publication date
1877
SKU
KHS1017814
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 24.00

Paperback. A compilation of speeches covering key issues in Athenian law, drawn from the Oratory of Classical Greece series, that is intended primarily for use in teaching courses in Greek law or related areas such as Greek history. Editor(s): Gagarin, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 family trees, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; HB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726383
ISBN
9780292726383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. 8vo. A good copy in original cloth. History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Private Secretary's Press
Publication date
1920
SKU
KEX0269920
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 145.00

Hardback. 44pp, slightly worn - Soviet News,
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet News
Number of pages
44
Publication date
1951
SKU
KTK0102415
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. 480pp. Original boards, bumped, sunned. Previous owner's signature on title page. Half-title missing. A good reading copy. Edited with A Memoir And Historical Notices, By John Cashel Hoey
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
James Duffy. Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1859
SKU
KHS1015126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 20.00

Hardback. 122pp. - Soviet News,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet News
Number of pages
122
Publication date
1947
SKU
KTK0102429
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. 51pp . 8vo . Disbound. Nineenth Century Ireland.Poverty in pre Famine Ireland. Rare. An Gorta Mor
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
J. Browne
Publication date
1843
SKU
KEX0243742
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 185.00

Hardcover. 24pp. 14cm. No date of publication. 1843? Lacks title page. Printed by order of the National Repeal Association of Ireland. Rebound in modern marbled boards, with leather label on front board. Keywords: History - Politics - Repeal Movement - Ireland 1810-1847 - Speeches
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
J Browne
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1843
SKU
KHS1004427
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 295.00

Hardback. 47pp. 8vo . Disbound
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
J. Hatchard
Publication date
1824
SKU
KEX0243738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 185.00

Hardback. 95pp. 8vo. On pp. 70 -79 Burke discusses reforming the manner of dealing with and administering the colonies: America, Canada, and the West Indies. He is clear that the freedom or subjugation of the United Colonies is uncertain. Todd identifies 28 editions or variants of this work, all done in 1780. Without the half title.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1780
SKU
KHS0058081
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 150.00

Hardcover. 18pp. 14cm. No date of publication. 1843?. Lacks title page. Beautifully bound in modern marbled boards, with leather label on front board. Keywords: History - Politics - Repeal Movement - Ireland 1810-1847 - Speeches
Format
Hardback
Publisher
J Browne Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS1004430
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 145.00

Hardback. 23pp. - Soviet Booklets,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet Booklets
Number of pages
23
Publication date
1960
SKU
KTK0101830
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.00

Hardback. 28pp. - Foreign Languages Publishing House,
Publication date
1952
Publisher
Foreign Languages Publishing House
Number of pages
28
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KTK0101887
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. 28pp. - Foreign Languages Publishing House,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Foreign Languages Publishing House
Number of pages
28
Publication date
1952
SKU
KTK0101874
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. 18pp. - Soviet Booklet No.10,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet Booklet No.10
Number of pages
18
Publication date
1956
SKU
KTK0102424
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardback. 17pp. - Soviet News Booklet No.9,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet News Booklet No.9
Number of pages
17
Publication date
1956
SKU
KTK0102048
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardback. 15pp, name on cover - Soviet News,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet News
Number of pages
15
Publication date
1956
SKU
KTK0102034
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. 22pp. - Soviet News,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Soviet News
Number of pages
22
Publication date
1952
SKU
KTK0102171
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. This is a critical parallel-text edition of the Latin Speculum Inclusorum - a late-medieval English 'rule' for male anchorites - and its Middle English translation, A Mirror for Recluses. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 colour plates, 2 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCV; HRCX8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898850
ISBN
9780859898850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Hardcover. Provocative and spiced with humor, this book uses a cultural studies approach to examine the fraught relationship in German history between material reality and ideology. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139290
ISBN
9781571139290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075858
ISBN
9780252075858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Paperback. Cultural and literary study of the 1781 massacre on the slaveship Zong for the insurance money and the aftereffects of the event on the development of modernity Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBG; HBLL; HBTS; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6161 x 3971 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335962
ISBN
9780822335962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.88

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